ALt AtUMIilUM SCREE]IS

National Door Manufacturers Annual Meeting

E. W. Donahue, President ()f the Wabash Screen Door Company, Chicago, was reelected president of the National Docrr N{anufacturers Association at the 22nd annual meeting of the association held in Chicago, Fellruary 9 and 10, 1949. Other oi' ficers elected are as follo'n's : lloss D. Scamehorn, N'lorgan Company, Oshkosh, \\''isconsin, vice president; A. R. TiPton, Roach & Musser Company, Muscatine, Iowa, treasurer; Ormic E, W. Doncrhue C. Lance, Chicago, secretaryl.nal1ager. N'Ir. Tipton succeeds Alvin F. Baal, Carr, Adanrs &Collier Con.rpany, Dubuque, Iowa, as treasurer. Mr' Baal \\.as trea.stlrer of the association since its organization irr 1927 and he u,as given a testimonial luncheon alld prescntcd lvith an engravecl brouze Chelsea clock.

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In acldition to the officers named above, the follou'ing eight clirectors u,ere elected at the Association's annual meeting: E. J. Curtis, Curtis Companies Incorporated, Clinton. Iorva; H. R. Dixon, Western Pine Manufacturing Conrpany, Limited, Spokane, Washington1, I. L. Hickel', Deer Park Pine Industry Incorporated, Deer Park, Washington; Earl Kenyon, Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Nf issouri; L. C. Paisley, Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Company, Dubuque, Iowa; J. D. Rot'land, Andersen Corporation, Bayport, Minnesota; Frank Stevens, \\rm. Cameron & Company, Inc., Wholesale, Waco, Texas; and J. F. Young, Anson & Gilkey Company, Merrill, Wisconsin.

Ormie C. Lance, secretary-manager of the association, states that four important steps were taken at the meeting rvhich \\rill insure better service and high quality of Ponclerosa Pine r,t,oodu'ork in the near future' Larger production is in prospect. "During 1948 our 30 member factories increasecl their production of doors, sash and frames approximately ll/o over 1947 and with a somewhat irnproved supply of pine shop lumber should make a still larger increase in 1949" Lance said. "This should insure promptel' shipnrer.rts and better service tn 7919 than thc industry has been able to give since World War II. On the subject of improved c1uality, our members aPproved a resoltttion to make preservative treatment of all exterior lvoodwork stanclarcl industry practice thus insuring longer life and greater satisfaction with Ponderosa Pine rvindorvs, frames ancl exterior doors" saicl Lance in his report' Another foru'ard step, according to Mr. Lance, will be the launching of a nerv erlucational program, nation-rvide in scope, to point out to all segments of the home-building industry ih" ,o,ring, in costs which can be effected by using modular dimensioned products, including modular stock wirtdo.u,s and sash. The National Door Manufactttrers Asscciation adopted the moclular standard in 1945 for stock windolvs and sash, thus replacing the ten or more local or regional standards. As a third step in NDMA's l9l9 pro_ gram, Mr. Lance reports that special committees will un_ dertake the revision of the grading rules for doors, rvindows and frames in a determined effort to conserve lum_ ber to the maximum without sacrificing quality or durability of stock 'ivoodrvork products. The fourth important program lor 1949 .ivill be the inauguration of a commercial standard for hardwood veneered doors, both solid-core ancl hollow-core.

The National Door N anufacturers Association has heaclquarters at 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Its Washington office is located at 712 Transportation Builci_ ing, Washington, D. C.

General Plywood Corporction Opens

Los Angeles OIfice

Clay H. Hollister, I)asaclena, Calif., has l;een appointed Pacific Coast district sales manag.er for the Ger-reral ply_ rvood Corporation, Louisville, Ky., plynood and flush cloor manufacturers, it .ivas announced by Carl 13. Itobbins, presi_ dent of the company. Olfices have been openecl at 62I South Sprirrg Street, Los Angeles.

Mr. Hollister has been in business for himself as a con_ sulting management-engineer since September of 19.15. Irre_ vious to this, he had acted in a variety of special capacities with such well know.n concerns as Libbey_Owens_Ford Glass Co., Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Marshall Field and Co., and was at one time an instructor in the Harvard Business School. Since General Plyrvood sells through distributors, his broad experience with distributors' sales problems quali_ fies him especially rvell for his position as pacific Coast district sales manager. He rvill be responsible for all sales of General Plywood Products in the eleven western states.

Mr. Hollister will be assisted by Forrest W. Wilson, formerly with the Masonite Corporation for thirteen years, and previous to that with The Little River Redwood Co. Forrest is well known to the pacific Coast lumber trade.

Celotex Sclesmen Trcined To Help Materials Deqlers

The Celotex Corporation is marshaling all its forces lt.r help its dealers operate vigorously and effectively in the period of competitive marketing conditions upon lvhicir the country is entering, according to Henry W. Collins, Celotex executive vice president.

In the years since the end of the war, The Celotex Corporation has spent more than 21 million dollars in greatly expanding and improving its productive facilities to Uettersupply its dealers in the expanded need for building mzi_ terials. New and improved building materials have been and are being developed and placed on the market. The Celotex advertising appropriation and program for 1949 is the largest in the history of the company.

In addition to this activity, nearly 100 of the company.s nelver sales representatives have just completed an inten_ sive sales clinic conducted in the Celotex general offices at Chicago.

f_he plywood produced by Associated plywood Mills is available quickly at t4 diftererr, lo."_ tions in the United States. That means you can get what you want when you want it_and in the quantity desired. euality p/zls service is our policy-and your assurance of prompt delivery.

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